Treatment time of 0 minutes represents the untreated control group. * denotes statistically significant difference compared with the control group with p<0.05 according to ANOVA Tukey test. denotes the statistically significant differences among different treatment times of pure argon plasma with p<0.05 according to ANOVA Tukey test. denotes the statistically significant differences among different treatment times of argon+1% oxygen plasma with p<0.05 according to ANOVA Tukey test.</p